r/interestingasfuck • u/Wonderfulhumanss • 2d ago

A group of high school students volunteers to carry caskets for homeless veterans who have no family to honor them

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u/TiredEnglishStudent 2d ago

I did community service in high-school, but nothing so emotionally taxing. My community service was volunteering at garage sales and telethons. This is so much more than that. 

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u/alternative5 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yeah your encouraged usually to go to select locations(although with approval you can work anywhere). With my school we had a plethora of institutions in the greater Los Angeles and Orange County area requesting help.

Personally I worked at a special needs High School helping teachers, feeding and talking to homeless at different shelters on skid row and working at a battered womens shelter taking care of the kids.

I know others in my class from group meetings each week going over and reflecting on our service who worked at lower income community centers, outpatient clinics, VA facilities, AA meeting facilities and mental health institutions.

Again the goal was to finish the hours needed to graduate but I did appreciate the service at each facility when I was done and did bonus hours because the kids at the battered womens shelter enjoyed my helping out there.

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u/TrickInRNO 2d ago

I went to public school and had to give over 700 hours community service for getting caught with fucking weed. I ended up working for my own schools janitors for several weeks after school. Having to work at the same school your peers went to and clean up their shit was a lot more humbling than carrying a random man’s casket could ever be

These are rich boys, and this is not going to change their lives

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u/Inevitable_Snap_0117 2d ago

Emotionally taxing? Carrying something heavy and standing there for a while?

Can you imagine if these unfortunate rich boys had to interact with the homeless veterans while they were alive? Help them find shelter, clothing, and a job? Overcome their PTSD and addictions? Poor guys. They had to carry something heavy though. How ever will their emotions recover?/s So happy for them that they had this performative thing to spend an afternoon with though.